Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
General Purpose Battery Testers
The Google product category ID for General Purpose Battery Testers is 499928, written as a path "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Testers". It is a leaf: the taxonomy does not continue below it, so this is the most specific value on this branch, and if your product fits here there is nothing more precise to pick. It sits under Battery Accessories.
This level5
- Category ID
- 499928
- Subcategories (none, this is a leaf)
- 0
- Categories below it in total
- 0
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 5 / 5
- Others at this level
- 4
- Parent category
- Battery Accessories
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, General Purpose Battery Testers is the smallest of the 5 categories under Battery Accessories, with 0 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camera Battery Chargers | 3130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Battery Charge Controllers | 6817 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General Purpose Battery Chargers | 7167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Battery Holders | 8243 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General Purpose Battery Testers — this page | 499928 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499928) or the full path ("Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Testers"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 499928 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Testers |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 499928, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
Easy to mix up with
These sit under the same parent and start with the same word, which is exactly when the wrong one gets picked.
Questions about General Purpose Battery Testers
What is the Google product category ID for General Purpose Battery Testers?
499928. The full path, "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Testers", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Is anything more specific than General Purpose Battery Testers available?
No. General Purpose Battery Testers is a leaf of Google's taxonomy at level 5, so 499928 is the most precise value this branch offers. If it does not describe your product closely enough, the answer is a different branch, not a deeper one.
Where does General Purpose Battery Testers sit in the taxonomy?
At level 5, under Battery Accessories (7166). The chain from the top is Electronics → Electronics Accessories → Power → Battery Accessories → General Purpose Battery Testers. If your product does not belong under Battery Accessories, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if General Purpose Battery Testers is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Battery Accessories first — there are 4 other categories at this level: Battery Charge Controllers (6817), Battery Holders (8243), Camera Battery Chargers (3130), General Purpose Battery Chargers (7167). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Battery Accessories (7166) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How big is General Purpose Battery Testers compared with the categories next to it?
It is the smallest of the 5 at its level, carrying 0 categories below it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
What is the difference between General Purpose Battery Testers and General Purpose Battery Chargers?
They sit side by side under Battery Accessories and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. General Purpose Battery Testers is 499928; General Purpose Battery Chargers is 7167. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Testers" with "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Battery Accessories > General Purpose Battery Chargers" before you submit.
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